wow-zers

I'm officially the WORST weight-loss blogger of all mankind. I send out my deepest apologies.

Here's the deal....these past two months or so have been bumpy. I never gained any weight. But I wasn't eating the best and wasn't consistently working out. Therefore I've lost only three pounds since the last time I've checked in. But hey, anything not gained but lost is amazing. So I'm not beating myself up over it.

Here's my info so far:
Weight loss goal: 50 lbs
Weight lost so far: 13 lbs
Weight left to lose: 37 lbs

Here's what I've learned so far:
• Make small goals. Sure my overall weight loss goal is 50 lbs...but setting smaller, more frequent goals is so much easier. I've set 10 lb increment goals for myself. I've lost 10 lbs. Now I'm on my way to losing another 10.
• Food is my ultimate weakness. For real. If you put a plate of cheese fries & a bowl of salad in front of me, obviously I would be screeeaaammmiinnnggg for the cheese fries. And it would take someone practically yelling at me to actually choose the salad. "IT WILL BE WORTH IT IN THE LONG RUN, AMY!!!"
• Surround yourself with encouraging people. You know those people in your friends & family that are your super encouragers. When you've done something good, like lose a pound or two, only tell those people you KNOW are going to be genuinely happy for you. You might think this is cheating. "But you already know they're going to be happy for you regardless?" Sure. That might be true. If if I've learned anything, it's that I thrive off of words of encouragement!! When I notice that people are proud of me, it makes me want to work that much harder. So of course I'm only going to share with people that I know will support me in whatever I do. It makes it that much easier for you to want to do better! And no one likes to be brought down after having a great moment!!
• Portions. Portions. Portions. You can pretty much eat whatever you want. But you have to look at your portions. If you eat too much of a good thing, it can end up being bad for you. So if you really wanna eat that piece of cake, eat a much smaller piece than you normally would. Even if that takes all the will-power you have in you. Trust me. You'll thank yourself later.

Once again, I'm sorry about not keeping you all updated. I will try my very best to be better at this! Also....as much as I don't want to, I will probably be posting some "before" and "so far" pictures like Kate did! [doesn't she look amazing???]

Peace & love,
A

Before and During pics- Slow and steady

Yes, it has been awhile, and it is getting tough, but I'm still working hard. As promised, I have some before and during (I refuse to say after because I am nowhere near done!) pics! But first:


Total weight loss goal: 62 pounds
Weight loss this week: 2 pounds
Weight loss so far: 22 pounds
Weight loss to go: 40 pounds


Now for the pictures! I should have taken an official "before" pic, but I think I was just too ashamed of how I looked to even do it! So, I had to dig on facebook for a photo that would show how I looked before losing weight. This before pic was taken in August of last year, but it definitely shows where I was at the beginning of all of this.                  

It's hard to see changes in just day to day stuff, but I can look at these two pictures and see some changes! How encouraging! Keep praying!

For His glory,

K                                                                               

Long overdue weigh day!

Okay folks! It's been around 2-3 weeks since I last officially weighed in. I didn't expect to really lose anything over spring break, so this weight loss is kind of an accumulation over around three weeks:

Total weight loss goal: 62 pounds
Weight loss over the past 3 weeks: 3 pounds
Weight loss so far: 20 pounds
Weight loss to go: 42 pounds

If you didn't notice, I've officially lost 20 pounds! I can really tell a difference now and I am so excited! Amy and I took a break on the workouts this week to try to get over the California to Arkansas jet lag, but we'll be picking it back up next week! I'm sorry our blogs are few and far between lately. I think our deal is that we don't really want to bore you with daily updates. We'd rather get you results!

I'm kinda mad at myself for not taking a "before" pic, but I'm sure I can find a suitable one. I'll try to put up some pics soon! Love all of you!

For His glory,
K